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I work at Facebook and have personally seen no evidence of this. The article cites one designer who left (out of ~25,000+ total Facebook employees).
by collingreene 8y ago
I work at Facebook and have personally seen no evidence of this.
The article cites one designer who left (out of ~25,000+ total Facebook employees).
- stepanhruda 8y agoYeah, as far as anecdata goes, I have not heard of this sentiment from anyone.
- lazzlazzlazz 8y agoI am well-connected to Facebook and I have no impression that employees are transferring or worried in any way. The media's exaggerations of employees' reactions is almost as bad as their exaggerations of what Facebook is doing with data.
- cierra 8y agoI used to work at facebook and I disagree. Even prior to the recent scandals, there are plenty of employees who have decided to leave facebook due to ethical concerns (myself included). However, most keep this to themselves as Facebook fosters an environment where dissent is not tolerated. Of course, it's unclear from this article whether negative sentiments have increased substantially this year compared to previous years. And to clarify, I'm not saying that I am innocent or that I have taken some sort of ethical high-road. I gladly spent many years cashing out my pre-IPO stock grants while turning a blind eye to numerous immoral business practices. But soon after going public, there wasn't much benefit working at Facebook compared to any other large silicon valley tech companies. Without the financial motivation, the ethical concerns made it hard to be excited about remaining.
- cierra 8y agoAlso, I definitely can relate to today's onion video: https://www.theonion.com/facebook-employees-explain-daily-struggle-of-trying-to-1825147978 https://www.theonion.com/facebook-employees-explain-daily-st... I think this (parody) video does a better job of capturing employee sentiment than any Business Insider article.